Take me to the front page! Everything on one page. Use Google(tm) to search our site! Check out our class schedule - take a class - learn something new! Be Inspired - free projects for you! Go to your shopping cart.
Home - James!
An archive of answers to some often-asked questions. Images, links to other interesting sites, etc. Come and be challenged by the colour puddle team!
We teach glass beadmaking and rent torch space by the hour.
Who we are, where we are, how to get here...
Note: All prices are in Canadian Funds.
Free shipping on orders over $100.00
 
Click on a thumbnail
to see a larger view

Cabochons!

You asked - we deliver. Cabochons are a domed topped stone with a flat back - and you see them used in those spectacular ads on the backs of beading magazines where someone has spend hundreds of hours beading those wonderful bead collars - riffing off the colours and patterns in a central stone cab.

The general technique is to glue down the cabochon to some super-suede or some Lacey's stiff stuff, and then start beading a "bezel" around it to hold it in place, and then embellish from there. There's a tutorial here for more details. 

Of course - cabochons have been mounted in traditional fabricated metal jewelry for eons, and can also be used in metal clay projects - but we do NOT recommend firing these. (Make the piece first and add the stone after.) We have no idea what will happen to them when fired (except the dyed turquoise howlite - I can tell you what happens to that! It disappears! Just a little pile of white ash left.)
Click on thumbnail to view larger image.
s16750
Stone - 30 x 40 mm Cabochon - Carrasite Jasper (1)
Carrasite is a fairly new jasper, similar to Porcelaine Jasper. This is mined in Oregon. It has a nice, high polish. 30mm x 40mm By the each.
Price: $ 11.25
Quantity:
Click on thumbnail to view larger image.
s16484
Stone - Drusy Cabochon - Metallic Copper (1)
Drusy (or Druzy) Cabochons - Druzy is the quartz crystals on the surface. Generally, these are formed on the insided of geodes. Fumed with a metallic coating. Various shapes, sizes are approximate. 25mm By the each.
Price: $ 19.95
Quantity:
Click on thumbnail to view larger image.
s13091
Stone - 25 x 35 mm Cabochon - Leopard Skin Jasper (1)
Almost pink, with black spots. Sunburned Leopard. 25mm x 35mm By the each.
Price: $ 4.35
Quantity:
Click on thumbnail to view larger image.
s13092
Stone - 25 x 35 mm Cabochon - Olive Serpentine (1)
Yellowy greeny. 25mm x 35mm By the each.
Price: $ 4.35
Quantity:
Click on thumbnail to view larger image.
s13086
Stone - 18 x 25 mm Cabochon - Moss Agate (1)
Subtle green and black. 18mm x 25mm By the each.
Price: $ 3.50
Quantity:
Click on thumbnail to view larger image.
s16751
Stone - 30 x 40 mm Cabochon - Rocky Butte Jasper (1)
Rocky Butte Picture Jasper is one of the classic Oregon Picture Jasper varieties. It is mined in the Owyhee Desert of Eastern Oregon and features a colorful combination of warm browns and dark greens. It is a porcelain jasper and is excellent for cutting beads and cabs. 30mm x 40mm By the each.
Price: $ 11.25
Quantity:
Click on thumbnail to view larger image.
s16486
Stone - Drusy Cabochon - Metallic Peacock (1)
Varying shades of blue, purple, green. Drusy (or Druzy) Cabochons - Druzy is the quartz crystals on the surface. Generally, these are formed on the insided of geodes. Fumed with a metallic coating. Various shapes, sizes are approximate. 20mm By the each.
Price: $ 19.95
Quantity:
Click on thumbnail to view larger image.
s16483
Stone - Drusy Cabochon - Metallic Silver (1)
Drusy (or Druzy) Cabochons - Druzy is the quartz crystals on the surface. Generally, these are formed on the insided of geodes. Fumed with a metallic silver coating. Various shapes, sizes are approximate. 25mm By the each.
Price: $ 19.95
Quantity:
Click on thumbnail to view larger image.
s13088
Stone - 18 x 25 mm Cabochon - Grey Jasper (1)
Grey on grey. 18mm x 25mm By the each.
Price: $ 3.50
Quantity:
Click on thumbnail to view larger image.
s13107
Stone - 22 x 30 mm Cabochon - Sage Chalcedony (1)
Silky grey with veins of turquoise blue (colour - not stone.) 22mm x 30mm By the each.
Price: $ 4.25
Quantity:
Click on thumbnail to view larger image.
s13078
Stone - 30 x 40 mm Cabochon - Sage Chalcedony (1)
Subtle greeny grey. Not a flashy stone, but lovely in its own right. 30mm x 40mm By the each.
Price: $ 4.55
Quantity:

|| Bone Beads || Cubic Zirconia Beads || Cubic Zirconia Beads - Double Drilled || Cubic Zirconia Drops and Pendants || Cubic Zirconia Gem-Beads || Goldstone (Classic and Blue) || Hematite and Magnetic Hematite || Mother of Pearl/Shell Beads || Pearls - Freshwater Pearls || Tagua Nut - Vegetable Ivory || Wood Beads || Stone beads: Quartz and Gemmy Stones, Amethyst, Rose Quartz, Tourmaline, Labradorite || Stone beads: Lapis, Sodalite, other Blue Stones || Stone beads: Turquoise, Chrysocolla (Also, Purple Turquoise) || Stone beads: Amber || Semi-Precious Stone Donut Pendants || Stone beads: Carnelian || Stone beads: Fossilized Coral || Stone beads: Pyrite (and Genuine Haematite, when available.) || Stone beads: Rhodonite (Rhodochrosite when available), Tourmaline, Other Pink Stones. || Stone beads: Coral, Garnet, Red Stones || Stone beads: Agate || Stone beads: Jaspers, Artistic, Rain Forest, Many More and Similar || Stone beads: Green Opal, Bronzite, other Brown Stones || Stone beads: Amazonite, Chrysophase, Malachite, other Green Stones || Stone beads: Onyx, Sardonyx, Lava, other Black Stones || Stone of the Month || Stone Cabochons ||

Main Bead Listing
Monthly Draw
Email us a question
Download Pricelist
FAQs
U.S. Customers
Lampwork Studio
Gallery
Stay Informed
Free Projects
Classes
About us
Bulk Purchasing
Shipping
Tollfree +1.877.473.BEAD (2323) | +1.416.701.1373
Copyright beadFX Inc 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. All rights reserved
Your card will be charged in your usual currency based on the rate offered to you by your credit card company.
Search our site with Google!
Google
WWW www.beadfx.com